Gum-stick holder



April 17, 1928. v

A. L. JACKSON GUM swgcx nommn Original Filed Feb. 19, 1923 INVENTOR. 46M Ky f/p j ATTORNEY.

" 1f an opening or ejecting slot 5, through which ,ALVIBT JACKSON, ontoean, oizr,a n'nvia.

, QUE-STICK EQLDER- Application fil ed February '19, iaza serial at. 619,798. 'Renewedifl'anliarytq," 192s.

v it? i tionrelatesto iniproveincnts i i gum stick holders. I

" 0116 01 the objects of my invention is to provide holder lifo' r sticks, which 5 serves as a convenient sanitary means for carrying the gumin pockets,which is ornamental, simple, 'cheap to make, which isdu rable and not liable to get out of order, and

' which can beeasily filled with gum sticks and the sticks easily ejected one at a time as desired. I 1 V The novel features ofrny invention are 'hereinafter fully'described and claimed. V

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferredembodiment of my invention,

1 Fig. 1' 's a, perspective view of my im-' proved gum stick holder. 7 Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view 'of the same on the line 2-2of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional line 3-3 of Fig. J a r Fig.4 is a cross section on the line H of' Fig.2. Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the difierent views.

1 designates the body of a receptacle having an open end through which are adapted to be inserted sticks of gum 2'diisposed side i byside, as shown in Fig. 2, said open end of the receptacle'having, at opposite sides respectively lateral horizontalflanges 3 slid- V vably engaged by aremovablecover 4, which in the vclosed position has its inner end spaced from the adjacent side of the receptacle, thereby providing 'at one-endjthereot' the gum sticks'2 are tively'ejected; v I 1 v a 40 Forconsecutively forcing the gum'sticks through the slot or opening 5, there is provided in the receptacle a longitudinally slidable ejecting member comprising a flat vertical plate 6, the inner side of which has hearing against it the adjacent gum stick,

and the outer side of which slidably engages the inner side of the adjacent side of adapted to be consecu the body 1, said adjacent side having a longitudinal .slot 7, through which extends the I stem of a button 8, which provides means at the outer side of the receptacle for manuallyreciprocating the slide plate 6, for consecug 'tively ejecting the gmn sticks. I, r

The inner or lowerend of the plate 6 has "an inwardly extending projection compristhe opening 5, when the plate .6 is forced, upwardly byfmeans of the-button 8; j

. which rest the lower ends of the sa ks, of view on the engage the inner or lower end of-theadja? cent gum stick ,for forcing theLlatterth-rough In the receptacle is provided a follower comprising avertical plate 10, which'bears; '1 i 7 against the gum sticks and normally forces the n toward'and againsttheslidable Inemher 6; i

Attached to the side the plate 'lo 015,130 v 7' 'siteto the side which is against the adjacenti gum vstick, are two spring plates, 11,;one;

set of ends of which is secured to' theplate i v v.

10, the other set of ends bearing against the body of the receptaclel, so asto hold. the 1 1 platelO tightly against the gum sticks; n 5 i On the 'upperIside of the bottom of the bodv l are two transverse ridges 12, upon gum. The flange 9o isadapted top 7 7 low the upper sides of the ridges 12,.sothat the sticks will be consecutively movedgoven the flange 9. g

In the operation offlmy invention, the-gum sticks-2 are placed within the body 1,v after .which the cover 4 is slid' to the closed posii- 1 tion,the gum sticks being placed in a vertical position, side by side between the" plates s5- l0 and 6 with their lowerfends resting upon the ridges 12. Upon'sliding the button-81 upwardly, the flange 9 will force the'ad 'jacentgum stick to a position inwhich itf" I extends outside -the receptacle through the 7 opening 5, 'so that it maybe grasped and pulled out of the receptacle, upon whichthe follower plate *1 0 will force the remaining 11 r gum stickstoward the slidable ejecting mer'n 7 her 6,.the flange 9 passing'under the lower" end o f'th'e adjacent g m stick,fwhenthe" slidably removable on the en dfof the'recep- Q tacle 1, and the ejectinginember mounted in the side of the receptacle, the cover mayf i be removed'for the, insertion of additional gum sticks, without disturbing orrelea'sing' ,the gum sticks already therein,the followed springs or ejectinginember, thereby enabling the easy refilling'of'the device." By having' 11o 'member 6 i's fully retracted to itsinitial posi-fi i I the cover in the closed position spaced from' the adjacent side of the receptacle, an ejecting opening is provided Without having to provide the same in the receptacle body.

I do not limitmy invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifica V tions, Within the scope of the appended claim, maybe made without departing from s the spirit of my invention. 10

What I claim is r A gum stick holder comprising a receptacle adapted to contain gum sticks disposed side by side and having an open end for the insertion of gum sticks, a cover slidably rei eeaoee movable on said open end and in the closed position having one end spaced from the adjacent side of the receptacle, thereby providing an ejecting opening, an ejecting member slldably mounted on the lnner slde 0f said side of the receptacle in alinement with ing the gum sticks against said ejecting member. 3

In-testiinony whereof I have slgned my name to this specification.

ALVIN n. JACKSON. 

